Aztec script

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Aztec or Nahuatl writing is a pictographic pre-Columbian writing system used in central Mexico by the Nahua peoples.

Aztec
Script type
Pictographic
Period
Most extant manuscripts from the 16th century.
LanguagesNahuatl
Related scripts
Sister systems
Mixtec
Unicode
U+15C00 to U+15FFF (tentative)[1]
 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

References

  • Lawrence Lo. "Aztec". Ancient Scripts.
  • Nicholson, H. B. (1974). "Phoneticism in the Late Pre-Hispanic Central Mexican Writing System". In E. P. Bensen (ed.). Mesoamerica Writing Systems. pp. 1–46.
  • Prem, Hanns J. (1992). "Aztec Writing". Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 5: Epigraphy. Austin: University of Texas Press.
  • Thouvenot, Marc (2002). "Nahuatl Script". In Anne-Marie Christin (ed.). A History of Writing: From Hieroglyph to Multimedia. Flammarion.

See also